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Ultramicrostructural reductions in teeth: implications for dietary transition from non-avian dinosaurs to birds

BACKGROUND: Tooth morphology within theropod dinosaurs has been extensively investigated and shows high disparity throughout the Cretaceous. Changes or diversification in feeding ecology, i.e., adoption of an herbivorous diet (e.g., granivorous), is proposed as a major driver of tooth evolution in P...

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Autores principales: Li, Zhiheng, Wang, Chun-Chieh, Wang, Min, Chiang, Cheng-Cheng, Wang, Yan, Zheng, Xiaoting, Huang, E-Wen, Hsiao, Kiko, Zhou, Zhonghe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7171806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32316913
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-020-01611-w